Art

Since art is my daughter's favourite subject, we jumped on the chance to do a homeschool curriculum review of an online art program: ArtAchieve. We received the Entire Level II art classes for my daughter to use. Here is our ArtAchieve Review: ArtAchieve
ArtAchieve is an online art program with a strong focus on learning to draw. The lessons are based on the idea that drawing is an important skill to learn and anyone can learn those skills. Although the focus is on drawing, each art ...

There are so many great resources available for homeschooling parents to teach art history to even the younger school aged children. I have a 5-year-old so finding resources that make art history fun to learn and appropriate for her age is my endeavour. And since the theme of the Poppins Book Nook this month is "Artists", I thought it was the perfect opportunity for me to share some of my great finds. affiliate links are provided for your convenience at no cost to you Anholt's Artists ...

I love making hand made cards for people. They're a great opportunity to try out various art techniques, and they are a wonderful way to give joy to others, which in turn gives me joy.
Now that I'm a parent, I try to share that love with my daughter. Besides being an art activity and a giving opportunity, it also has the benefit of giving my daughter some great writing practice. (See my post Art of the Pencil - Learning to Write & Draw).
This activity goes well with the book "The ...

If you are looking for an easy way to teach kids how to draw a star, step by step, I have just the thing.
I recently taught my 4 year old how to draw a star. After only about a minute or so of instruction, she was proudly drawing her own stars. There are only 4 steps to learn: I had my daughter repeat those words a few times: Mountain, Diagonal, Across, Connect.
After practicing a few stars, I asked her to do another one very lightly. Afterwards, I showed her how she can ...

My 4 year old has a poster with the pictures of 60 local birds and their names. I keep it near the window so my daughter can consult it throughout the day when she looks at the birds outside. She will come to me several times in a day, to ask me to help her read the name of a bird that she thinks she sees. We see a variety of birds, but probably the most common, is the Blue Jay. At any given time (in the winter), we probably see 10-20 blue jays when we look out the window.
Educational ...